On this day
December 31
11 items, across every year
2025 1 year ago
1 post
- Window washer in 1932, seen again 75 years later
In 1932, an illustrator drew a window washer for Fortune magazine. In 2007, I photographed a window washer from my desk at Tribune Tower. Same view?…
2013 13 years ago
1 post
- What is this mysterious yellow disc?
Giant yellow tennis ball is attacking Wrigley Field! What would that yellow sphere be? Ideas are explored on my baseball blog, Supernova at Wrigley Field captured…
2010 16 years ago
1 post
- the yeah but but yeah poem
Here’s a fun poem: yeah but but yeah
2009 17 years ago
1 post
- 2009 Manger in an Alley
I put a web address on my 2009 Christmas card.
2007 19 years ago
2 posts
- Corny joke
A friend of mine writes a bi-weekly humor column where one of the columns was about how corn is taking over everything with the new ethanol…
- Electronic Banking Monopoly: Use credit cards instead of paper money
Tired of counting money when playing Monopoly? “Oh wait, I don’t have enough singles, can you trade me a $10 for ten singles?” Don’t worry about…
2006 20 years ago
4 posts
- Creative scorecards
In addition to tracking the typical stats from a baseball game on a scorecard, why not add some fun stuff too.
- Things for artists to blog about
INSPIRATION/OTHER ARTISTS –Find interesting work online? Let us know. –Anything inspired you? What is it? –What are some past influences on your art? –Mention any interesting…
- Whiteboard games
A list of Whiteboard games, grouped by category Guessing games Guess the number of beans in container Guess when will be the first 70-degree day in…
- things to observe 1
Things to observe rooflines of buildings. –How the move when you move. shapes of trees. –big at bottom, small at top –small at bottom, big at…
2004 22 years ago
1 post
- crazy holidays
Been busy over the holidays, barely even in front of a computer at all. Fun daily posts will be start up again on January 2, 2005.…